xii, 324 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Dying for French Soudan -- Civilization and Africa -- Privateering for France -- Officers and gentlemen? -- Slaving and African warfare -- Conspiracy theories and scandals -- From The heart of darkness to twenty-first-century guilt -- Conclusion : traumatized perpetrators?
Summary
The story of the Voulet-Chanoine mission to central Africa in 1898-1899, one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa' and a highly revealing portrait of European colonial brutality at its most extreme.
